Acoustic gas thermometry

Metrologia

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Moldover, M R ^a   Gavioso, R M ^b   Mehl, J B ^c   Pitre, L ^d   De Podesta, M ^e   Zhang, J T ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA   (Italy)

^c Laboratoire Commun de Métrologie LNE Cnam ^*  (United States)

^d Laboratoire Commun de Métrologie LNE CNAM LCM   (France)

^e NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

acoustic resonators; argon; helium; Kelvin; microwave resonators; properties of gases; speed of sound; thermodynamic temperature; thermometry; thermophysics; units

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RESONATORS; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ARGON; HELIUM; LIQUEFIED GASES; MICROWAVE ACOUSTICS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE RESONATORS; SUPERFLUID HELIUM; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

KELVIN; THERMODYNAMIC TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETRY; THERMOPHYSICS; UNITS;

TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84893344992     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/51/1/R1     Document Type: Review

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